Traces the accomplishments of the labor leader who fought to improve the lives of Mexican American farm workers in California.

Cesar Chavez has long been heralded for his personal practice of nonviolent resistance in struggles against social, racial, and labor injustices. However, the words of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. have long overshadowed Chavez's contributions to the theory of nonviolence. The author seeks to elevate Chavez as an original thinker, providing an analysis of what Chavez called "the common sense of nonviolence." By engaging Chavez in dialogue with...

From community activism to the halls of government, pop-culture, arts, and beyond, Latinos have shaped every aspect of American life. Nevertheless, these significant figures and their contributions are often left out of our textbooks. Sí, Se Puede, named after the "Yes, We Can" motto of the United Farm Workers, brings Latino history in the U.S. to the forefront. The book follows a group of Hispanic-Americans as they embark on an interactive museum...

Tells the story of a labor leader Cesar Chavez from his impoverished boyhood to his leadership in the farm worker's union, which made life better for migrant farm workers.

A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.

Tells the life story of twentieth-century labor organizer Cesar Chavez, describing the recognition and benefits he brought to migrant farmworkers in California and the rest of the U.S.

A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.